ST_LineFromText — Makes a Geometry from WKT representation with the given SRID. If SRID is not given, it defaults to -1.
geometry ST_LineFromText(text  WKT);
geometry ST_LineFromText(text  WKT, integer  srid);
Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to -1. If WKT passed in is not a LINESTRING, then null is returned.
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| OGC SPEC 3.2.6.2 - option SRID is from the conformance suite. | 
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| If you know all your geometries are LINESTRINGS, its more efficient to just use ST_GeomFromText. This just calls ST_GeomFromText and adds additional validation that it returns a linestring. | 
 This method implements the OpenGIS Simple Features
 Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2
 This method implements the OpenGIS Simple Features
 Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2
 This method implements the SQL/MM specification. SQL-MM 3: 7.2.8
 This method implements the SQL/MM specification. SQL-MM 3: 7.2.8